Do you want a lip as kissable as it could be? For sure, everybody in town will go crazy over you if you have that Angelina Jolie kind-of-thing. Well the good news is, lip plumper these days are available with different spices like ginger, cinnamon, and there are even those that come with spicy oils. This simply means that the choices now are vast hence you will be able to get the perfect one for you. However, do not just go for any kind of plumper that you can get because choosing the safest and the nicest are the best to do.

When choosing the lip plumper that will suit you, always go for one that helps hydrates your lips. It is advisable to go for those kinds that clear the lip vertical lines. It is also important to go for a brand that is well known in the makeup industry although you do not have to grab the most expensive one, but it is important to stick with a brand that is somehow trusted.

When talking about the color of the lip plumper, opt for one that reflects the light and will allow the lips to look fuller. Also, keep in mind that the proper way to apply a lipstick is a trick to make your lips look fuller. The best thing to do is to practice. Sooner or later, you will get the perfect way to wear your plumper so you can look extra hot and sexy in the eyes of the opposite sex.

Staying cool with fashionable pale straw fedora hats this summer has gotten both sexes in on the action. With popular TV shows like Mad Men showcasing the new cool, fedora hats although giving little relief from the heat rays of the sun, are providing the cool factor on beaches and in particularly cities. There are styles to fit any person’s pay check or discriminating taste. Popular in movies of the 40′s and 50′s these hats took up space at the top of the heads of not only leading men, but characters that played newspaper reporters or gangsters. Even real life gangsters made them popular off screen too. Often these were of the felt variety worn with suits back in the day when men actually dressed up unlike the casual times we live in today.

Today these hats are worn not just with suits but whatever fits your fancy through a generation of stars from rock performers to sports figures. From rappers to models. Women may wear these beauties the most. And this summer the accessory to be seen in is the fedora hat. The stingy brim fedora is a cool and trendy model. More expensive models are hand-woven with a tighter weave. The shape of a person’s face adds to the decision making process for if it doesn’t go well with your face why bother wearing it.

It wasn’t too long ago that wearing designer jeans was all the rage. Today I think the sneaker industry  has taken a page out of that business plan and has become an explosive market. Day-glo colors that were once reserved for night joggers are now common in just about any brand of sneakers you find out in the marketplace. Nike leads the way in athletic footwear setting the bar in design and color. On Nike’s heels are Reebok, New Balance, Adidas and Saucony to name just a few. But what is it about the sneaker that wearing them with denim has become an American fashion statement?

Sneakers are made not only for sport but for casual wear. In summertime they are worn with shorts more than flip flops. Finding a sneaker that is not only comfortable and functional can take some time. If you ever have visited a Nike outlet store you know what I mean. Just the incredible selection could keep you there for hours. Most likely if you do you’ll go home with more than one pair. Reason might be as simple as you have an outfit that just might look good with the colors from the sneakers. The other reason might be the cost. Good style sneakers run upward in the $100 figure range. Outlet stores lessen the financial burden. You might not get today’s hot fashion statement but you will go home with some kind of statement.

When it comes to sports apparel companies that make it a mission to use as much recycled materials as possible in the clothing line are starting to see consumers beat a path to their door. Let’s face it, taking a page from the fashion industry – in America today “green” is the new black. This eco-friendly industry can be seen in the health and fitness business. Yoga a popular discipline enjoyed for its mind body relationship leads the way in fitness products made of “green” material. From yoga mats to yoga bags to yoga clothing like t-shirts, recycled material is finding its way into consumer hands in a good way. And it’s not only yoga devotees are buying into it. Consumers who enjoy health and fitness products in general that may have different workout routines in professional athletics to amateur sports are using “green” materials too.

I’m not sure about the Olympic athletes using this type of clothing for the 2010 games, but I would suspect within four years competing countries will have their athletes wear eco-friendly outfits. And let’s hope the United States leads the way.

Get a load of the very hip fashion Olympian snowboarders are sporting. This denim and plaid number is the perfect look for these cool cats who just seem to revel in having fun even if a gold medal wasn’t at stake. Anybody who flies down the side of a snow mountain and engages the half pike with intentions of twisting and flipping many times and sticking the landing has to be highly skilled and daredevil too boot. Yet these young kids are doing it with ease. It’s like snowboarding is oxygen to them.

These fashionable outfits seem seamless. The snowboarders can go from the slope to the after parties without a wardrobe change. The outfits are street wear. Unlike the snowboarders men’s skating goes for the glam in fashion. Very theatrical and over the top. But that’s how its always been so I expect to see that. Showboating versus showmanship. This year’s 2010 Olympic games I’ll take the show boaters any day.

If you are carrying your yoga mat under your arms to your yoga class there is a better way to do it and you’ll be glad to make the change. Yoga mat bags have in recent years become more stylish and functional. You can buy the messenger bag that will carry your bag securely strapped to the bottom. When you’re not going to a yoga class the bag functions and a general tote bag. Yoga mat bags come in different shapes, sizes, and colors so it becomes the yoga fashion accessory of today. If you prefer solid colors over floral designs, or a backpack style over the over the shoulder style there are stylish and functional bags out there. So stop juggling personal items and exposed mats under your arms and protect the one true yoga investment in a safe and convenient way.

Every year moms are stuck on what costumes would be either worth making or buying for their children. It gets especially difficult because the child is apt to change his mind many times before he gets out the door on Halloween night. So what is a mother to do? Make the decision for him. Little children have it easy. They can be kitty cats, witches, ballet dancers or whatever and whatever they choose they all look adorable. This year one of the favorites just might be Max from the “Where The Wild Things Are”. Making the costume is quite easy for the mom. It is as non-frills as burning cork and rubbing it over the little’s one face making him a hobo for the night. But if your love one wants to be a princess it will be hard to convince her out of it. After all it’s her fashion statement.

To the naked eye it first looks strange, then it gets weirder the more time you spend staring at it. And then you ask yourself what were they thinking? Fashion designer Ralph Lauren recently apologized for retouching one of his models wearing his clothing. The model Filippa Hamilton, a size 4 to begin with said she was fired by the designer for being too fat. What they did to her photo was a little more than the usual nip and tuck retouchers do before many fashion photos appear in ads or in magazines. This time they went to ridiculous extremes. They made her body at the waist look freakishly small as well as her head.

Eating disorder advocates as well as moms with young teenage daughters are up in arms against companies selling their products this way and for good reason. Anorexia, bulimia, general low self-esteem and other eating and food disorders continue to be an enormous issue with young girls and teens and they are the ones really paying attention to what advertising is saying. What do these ads say to them? That looking skeletal, emaciated, and sickly is not only acceptable but that this is the only way they’ll look good in these clothes.

Another retouched Ralph Lauren ad has surfaced and this time with model Valentina Zelyaeva. And again the photo looks bizarre. It looks as if Valentina’s head is smaller than her pelvis. No comment by Lauren as yet, but is he doing this for publicity?

To all those budding photography students across the land you should take special note of the recent loss of a giant in the world of photography. Irving Penn first known as a fashion photographer and later evolved into a commercial art photographer has died at the age of 92. Before computers came along that would change how we saw photographs, photographers like Penn only had their creative eye and their intuition to transform beauty on a two dimensional level.

His works became iconic no matter if he shot portraits of celebrities to fashion models. From everyday tradesmen like a milkman to the tribesmen of Africa, to the culture of beauty products. For over forty years he was the man that shot the simple, clean graphic visuals to the Clinique cosmetic line. And in the world of commercial advertising that would seem like an historic record for any photographer to retain such a client. The same can be said of his collaboration with Vogue Magazine. Obviously, Vogue showed fashion through Penn eyes through decades.

Penn understood the world of commerce and art. He photographed a series of discarded cigarette butts that were once exhibited in the New York’s Museum of Modern Art. He leaves this world a perfectionist unbridled by modern technology.

The AMC hit drama show Mad Men brings back the stylish fashion look of the early 1960′s in a TV series whose thematic tone unveils the escapades of men and women in and out the advertising world. Most viewers of the show see the male actors wearing fitted tapered suits, drinking hard liquor and smoking cigarettes in the workplace. Meanwhile women sport fabulous dresses and accessories that make one nostalgic for Jackie O.

The American culture presented on Mad Men speaks to the changing social dynamic of the country during this period and not just of the advertising world the show’s theme is based upon. The attention to detail extends from the sets, to the costume designs and various props and set decoration. On a recent episode, one of the show’s characters sits exposing his leather round toe shoes with an adjustable gold tone buckle. It reminded me of a time when I was the proud owner of such a shoe. I was a freshman in high school and felt the excitement of my world unfolding in front of me.

Today, vintage shoes are making a comeback. From white bucks to wing tips, these fashion statements are a hit among young hipsters looking for that vintage touch. Mad Men style in general is the latest craze. With clean lines, straight legs, crisp collars, and a-line dresses, the cocktail hour look is a hit from your pill box hat to your pointy stilettos.